After months of anticipation and speculation regarding the fate of the JCPOA, the President of the United States announced on Tuesday that the United States would withdraw from the JCPOA and reinstate suspended sanctions against Iran.
Reza Pahlavi tweeted: "The key to solving Iran's issues is not the JCPOA or its absence; the key is replacing this regime hostile to Iran with a secular, developmental, and democratic national government."
Steve Mnuchin, the U.S. Treasury Secretary, stated that the United States is revoking the licenses for the sale of commercial aircraft from Airbus and Boeing to Iran.
John Kerry, former U.S. Secretary of State, reacted to Donald Trump's decision to withdraw from the JCPOA, saying: "This decision undermines U.S. security, separates us from our European allies, endangers Israel, strengthens hardliners in Iran, and brings the world back to a point we faced several years ago." He added that the consequences of this decision would depend on Iran's response and Europe's decisions to preserve the JCPOA.
Hossameddin Ashna, advisor to Hassan Rouhani, stated: "Iran had examined more than 12 potential scenarios regarding Trump's decision on the JCPOA months in advance, and this decision was by no means outside the scenarios anticipated by Iran." He tweeted: "Our response to Trump will not be hasty; however, it will be painful."
Mohammad Javad Zarif, Iran's Foreign Minister, called the U.S. withdrawal from the JCPOA "illegal" and tweeted: "At the instruction of Hassan Rouhani, I will pursue diplomatic efforts to see if the other parties to the JCPOA can guarantee Iran's full benefits from this agreement. Our response depends on the outcome of this review."
Barack Obama, former U.S. President, considered Donald Trump's decision to withdraw from the JCPOA a "serious mistake" that, according to him, harms U.S. credibility. He stated: "This decision exposes the U.S. to the risk of Iran acquiring nuclear weapons or the possibility of war in the Middle East."
John Bolton, National Security Advisor to Donald Trump, announced that under the new U.S. decision regarding Iran, no new contracts with this country would be permitted, and European companies would have 90 to 180 days to cancel their existing contracts with Iran.
Donald Tusk, President of the European Council, stated that EU leaders would discuss the U.S. withdrawal from the nuclear agreement next week to adopt a unified approach.
Paul Ryan, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, supported the decision to withdraw from the JCPOA, stating: "I have always believed that the best way is to address the shortcomings of this agreement. Unfortunately, we could not reach a common understanding with our European partners in this regard." He also expressed hope that by the time sanctions against Iran are reinstated, "the United States will engage in dialogue with its allies to respond to a range of destabilizing behaviors from Iran, both nuclear and non-nuclear."
Hassan Rouhani stated: "We are facing the JCPOA without the United States, and our people will witness that our economic growth will continue and market stability will be maintained. The government has made the necessary plans for the past six months. We will adequately supply the currency needed by the country."